The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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THREAD. After years of litigating against New York prosecutors and judges, we just won a landmark First Amendment case in the federal appeals court. The case could expose the secretive world that protects prosecutors when they break the law. But something deeper is going on.

It's great to see this important local news reporting in Detroit debunking the absurd reporting on youth crime around the U.S. Helping people understand that world is what journalism is about: www.metrotimes.com/news/detroit...

Detroit’s ‘teen takeover’ panic revives an old racist media playbook - Detroit Metro Times

The ‘teen takeover’ story tells us more about the media than Detroit youth.

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THREAD. One special thing about working in the jails and courtrooms of our society, is that civil rights lawyers get to see exactly how repression works.

Another cold blooded execution by ICE today in Maine, just days after the murder in Houston. The only acceptable position for politicians is eliminating the agency. Do not for one minute tolerate any politician calling for "training" or "body cameras." The demand is clear.

Excited to see this article by criminology scholars in the main newsletter of the American Society of Criminology on the value of teaching my book Copaganda. And a good reminder for teachers: we have free copies of the book for your students if you want to teach it! asc41.org/wp-content/u...

Mark Carney doesn't actually care about "crime" @equalityalec.bsky.social

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 3w ago

We’re making big changes to combat crime and keep Canadians safe.

If you have not been involved in resisting the unprecedented expansion of ICE—and of all it represents about how our society has lost its way—now is the time to start. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neg...

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I have a new paper coming out called ‘Psychologizing, Authority, and Propaganda’: philpapers.org/rec/SHIPAA-15. When should we judge that other people’s beliefs and actions are a product of bad faith?

Stunning how dismissive he is of ideas he has clearly not thought much about, like critiques of militarized borders and the modern prison. He sounds like a flat-earther dismissing the idea of a spherical planet out of blind religious devotion to concepts he's never had the curiosity to question.

THREAD. Last year, I explained that the Supreme Court was likely to permit Trump to fire the heads of "independent" federal agencies, but prevent too much direct presidential control over the Federal Reserve. Today, they've basically done that. But why?

THREAD. Stories like today's catastrophic Supreme Court ruling on pesticides go under the radar, but they shape our society and determine our lives.

The sentences handed down today in Texas are a threat to the possibility of a democratic society. The prosecution is rife with constitutional violations, but 30 years in prison (more than anyone for January 6) for moving some magazines? 50 years for those not involved in even planning the protest?

THREAD. I ask a lot of politicians and journalists if they should be detained in a jail cell away from their families if the government merely accuses them of a crime. I've never had one say yes.

Ezra Klein is a serious threat to a world of true equality and justice because he is so effective at masking his service to the ruling class through (often faux) intellectual cooptation of progressive people who otherwise would support much more profound social change.

Everyone who labels themselves liberal or progressive needs to read Copaganda.

alec karakatsanis@equalityalec.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In Chapter 10 of my book Copaganda, called Progressives Want a Pro-Crime Hellscapte, I talked about this phenomenon at length with lots of interesting and funny examples to illustrate how harmful people like Klein are and to show exactly why they are so vital for the ruling class:

Ezra Klein is a serious threat to a world of true equality and justice because he is so effective at masking his service to the ruling class through (often faux) intellectual cooptation of progressive people who otherwise would support much more profound social change.

THREAD. The recent behavior of the District Attorney in San Francisco is shameful. Her new fear-mongering campaign is based on lies, and it's fomenting violence. But the background of how the New York Times SF Bureau Chief assisted in the fraud is a key lesson in propaganda.

More than two-thirds of Oklahoma county jails no longer allow families or friends to visit in-person, making costly phone calls and video messages the only way to stay in touch with detainees. Read more in this new article by @oklahomawatch.bsky.social oklahomawatch.org/2026/06/09/t...

"That's Not a Visit": How Pricey Video Calls Replaced Human Contact in Oklahoma Jails - Oklahoma Watch

More than two-thirds of Oklahoma county jails have eliminated in-person visitation, replacing face-to-face visits with costly video calls that generate revenue for counties and private contractors. Ad...

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finally finished listening to copaganda by @equalityalec.bsky.social on a long drive yesterday. i laughed, i cried, i clapped, i said "YUP" and "THAT'S RIGHT" a bunch of times out loud to myself. cannot recommend this book enough! thenewpress.org/books/978162...

Copaganda - The New Press

From the prizewinning rising legal star, the deeply researched and definitive book on the way the media and police distract […]

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@equalityalec.bsky.social eloquently lays out the way our news is manipulated by those in power, including here in Pittsburgh. #copaganda should be required reading for all who are engaged in the fight for social justice.

A reminder that I’ll be back home in Pittsburgh, staying with my grandma, and doing a big event about Copaganda at the Carnegie library tomorrow night. We are at over 500 RSVPs but there’s still space left. Join us! pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/ale...

This lawyer represents New Jersey Democrats and national Democratic Party. He cheers using militarized state troopers to crush protesters as a *strategic move* to protect residents from being brutalized by different cops. The Democratic establishment will walk us off a cliff.

Thursday June 4 is the most important Copaganda event for me. Returning home to Pittsburgh, where I grew up, to talk about the role of liberal institutions in this authoritarian moment in front of family and friends at the historic Carnegie Library. Join us! pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/ale...

THREAD. I've written before about some of the vital ethics and accountability work we do in a system defined by impunity. But this week's scandal of a federal judge having loud sex with a cop in chambers and then lying about it reveals huge *systemic* problems.

Check out this 🧵

alec karakatsanis@equalityalec.bsky.social · 2mo ago

THREAD. Everything I wrote in Copaganda is becoming more relevant as they manufacture bipartisan consent for authoritarian control. And it's important to me that all my work is accessible for free. I want to remind teachers: we have free copies of the book for your students.

THREAD. Everything I wrote in Copaganda is becoming more relevant as they manufacture bipartisan consent for authoritarian control. And it's important to me that all my work is accessible for free. I want to remind teachers: we have free copies of the book for your students.

If you consider yourself liberal or progressive you need to read this excellent article by @equalityalec.bsky.social

alec karakatsanis@equalityalec.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A few months ago, I wrote the first part in my series about the Democratic establishment and mainstream news has shamefully misled people about what is "popular" and what is not. And, more bureaucracy of punishment is as unpopular as it is terrible policy: equalityalec.substack.com/p/convention...

THREAD. I received word that some liberal nonprofits and political consultants are trying to work with establishment Democrats on a political "messaging strategy" to expand surveillance, militarized policing, immigration detention, and overall imprisonment with re-branded language.

One of the greatest barriers to a better society is the failure of most self-identified progressives to take repression seriously. It leads to catastrophic strategic and moral failures. equalityalec.substack.com/p/the-libera...

The liberal establishment doesn't take repression seriously

What Democratic support for institutions like ICE means in this moment.

equalityalec.substack.com